Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-08-06

We found Capt ketCham chewing up the
naintop scupp-Ts a the dock The captain
said he had lived on the water thirty two
years, and that his father, who was his first
mate, had been a mariner for forty five,
which represented eighty seven years of eN-
perience, and we could get the benefit Of all
this for one s. bill and lunch Then he
showed Us his craft, which had two sofas. a
mainsail, camp stools, n refrigerator, a rack
for gia0ss, poker CHIPS and other tackle, and
sAid her name was Annabelle and that she
was catboat Dick looked her all over and
said thst he supposed she was all right and
properly furnished-but where WAS the catl
And then Capt. ketcham looked confused
and said that few Of his Passengers knew as
much - that about nautical matters but that
if Dick thought it Necessary he could run
down to the Argyll that evening and borrow
. AAltese or two to use in case wanted
light sQuall. and so We closed the bargain and
felt entirely provided
We embarked and stood proudly down the
bay-that is, the skipper, the first mate and
stood proudly dowp-but Dick curled up on
the sofa in the cabin and said he thought he'd
enjoy the scenery by taking light nap: then
thirty light hearted blue bottles and sew, n
deer flies got aboard and went in to help
him enjoy IT, and for the next hour he talked
SONS in hia sleep and then arose and declared
war
We reached the fishing ground at II O'Clock
by the simple but beautiful process Of foat-
ing thIther stern foremost with the tide The
skipper dropped anchor, and his gray haired
sirs grabbed a dozen menhaden, inSer! I'd them
IN . variety Of coffee mill. and ground out a
compound which looked like dried apple stew
IL
nou- He called this -chum-" He cast several
spoonfuls of it overheard, aud said that the
buefsh would eagerly follow it up and swarm
about the boat in great numbers begging for
more at once lost the last vestige of re
sI~ct had for b.uefish, and rugged up my
tackle. Meanwhile Dick had captured most
Of the fiies, and was deep in "Vivian's Re
vense; or, The Adventures of Red Headed
Girl on a White Horse" and said lie was real
glsd We bad brought those menhaden along
for he had acquired brain fever by sitting on
the hot sofa, Knew he was gong 10 the
morgue, and wanted 10 get used TO feeling
dead
Well, after the shippers venerable father
had perfumed the bay pretty thoroughly with
the chum, he inserted my hook into fat
lump of it and ! lowered away Usually,
L stleSi Sbinc lDtn.Ds
icsl subject and have all hour or so 10 diges,
II before i get nibble. but ON this occasion
any reyerie WAS instantly broken by vicious
snatch al my line, a yell from INV reel and
about = ton Of industrious trouble running
away with my tackle, Now, a Leonard rod
,s worth $50 and a bluefsh about four cents,
and The feelings with which | saw him get
ting rapidly out to sea We're fast becoming
rancid, when he suddenly changed his mind,
leaped a yard into the air. struck his tail
across the leader, failed 10 part it because
gave him slack, then dove fifty feet or so,
raced 10 windward and then to leeward,
threw another somerssult, got under the boat.
sounded again. took another header into the
sir. and finally, after ten minutes of bewil-
,iering deviltry. he sulked alongside and al
lowed me to land him with the net was
proud and happy ! called TO Dick, but he
groaned and refused TO look up. told him
j had q bluetish. He said he wasn't sur
p ised-any fish ought TO lie blue after haying